carved heart

Chapter 13: Serving the Emperor (1)
It just so happens that such a yellow-haired girl has a pair of magical hands that turn decay into magic, can make an ordinary peach pit encompass everything, and has a weird brute force that can kill criminals with her hands, and a wonderful mouth that can relieve half of his body. Pain.

In order to facilitate the transportation of cores, the Shangguan family specially built a stone ladder after buying Taoshan, which hangs down from the middle of the mountain to the foot of the mountain.Every spring, there are colorful falling flowers on both sides of the stone ladder, which is too beautiful to behold.Now it is the end of spring and early summer, the peach blossoms have long since faded, and a tree is full of vibrant green grass.

The girl loves flowers but not grass, and when she sees a tree full of green fruits, she naturally does not have the poetic and artistic charm of a peach tree. When passing by the stone ladder, most of her steps are hurried.

At this time, Ah Yin stepped on the stone ladder and stopped frequently. It was the first time that he admired the peach trees in Taoshan so openly.

The heavy green fruit on the branches will become attractive pink after a while, and after removing the pulp, it will be the peach pit that she loves so much.A small peach pit has carried her enthusiasm for more than ten years.

Obviously the fruit is not yet ripe, but Ah Yin is fascinated by looking at it like this, as if he can see the small peach pit inside through the flesh.

The world is so big, but she feels that at this moment only she and Taohe are left, there is no unhappiness at home, there is no aggressive Luo Jiao, and there is no violent Lord Marquis, only Taohe and her.

The taste was so good that for a moment, she just wanted to be intoxicated in it.

Little did they know that such a scene fell into the eyes of others, but it was very strange.

A girl in an apricot-colored jacket and skirt raised her neck, staring at the fruit on the branch, her eyes were hot, as if she was looking at the man in her heart.

Jiang Man said: "Shaodong's family, look, there is a girl over there looking at the fruit in a daze, and I don't know what she saw. Shall we go and have a look?"

"It should be the girl who came to spring today."

When Jiang Man heard this, he said: "Oh, it's a friend of the Luo family. I heard that the third girl of the Luo family is quite talented in carving nuclei, but I think Luo Yuan's nuclei carvings are mediocre, and they can't catch your eyes at all. .”

"Luo Yuanzhi is not here, he cannot be called a nuclear carving artist."

Jiang Man muttered: "How many of the current nuclear carving technicians are purely fond of nuclear carving? They are all regarded as stepping stones to become famous."

Mr. Lang, known as the Young Master's family, smiled lightly and said, "The girl in the distance looks like a peach blossom fairy descending to earth."

Hearing this, Jiang Man couldn't help being taken aback, and repeated: "Peach Blossom Immortal? It's so far away, Young Master, you have really good eyesight. I can't even see the girl's appearance clearly. She's really a beauty? I'll go quietly to have a look."

"She should also be a nuclear carving artist, and we will meet each other by chance."

Jiang Man said in amazement: "Shaodong's family, you are amazing, you can't see her face clearly, and you still know that girl is a nuclear carving artist? Could it be the innate instinct of the Shangguan family?" He looked left and right, but could only Seeing the beautiful girl in the distance.How come his young master took a look at it from a distance, and was able to draw a conclusion between the Peach Blossom Immortal and the Nuclei Carving Artist?

"Don't reveal your whereabouts, let's go."

Ah Yin didn't know that there were two people commenting on her in the distance, she regained her senses and continued on her way.After a while, we arrived halfway up the mountain.The girls dressed in gorgeous clothes gathered together, light yellow, grass green, light purple, water red...all of them really looked like flowers, which made Taoshan colorful.

As soon as Ah Yin arrived, the girls who were still laughing all fell silent.

It's not that she recognized Ah Yin, after all, Ah Yin is just an unknown boudoir girl at this time. If you talk about her deeds, other girls only know her as a 20-year-old unmarried girl who was divorced twice by the Xie family. Big girl.The reason why they were quiet was because of Luo Jiao, the master of Ta Chun.

They looked at Luo Jiao, then at A Yin, none of them dared to be a voice in the silence.

Luo Jiao narrowed her eyes slightly.

...that's her!It caused her to have a nightmare for nearly a month!

When I saw her for the first time, I thought she was an inconspicuous and unknown person.But the second time I saw her, she had a unique skill of six knives that frightened her.In the past period of time, in the dream, the Arhat who probed the hand seemed to want to swallow her alive.This is the third time seeing her now, and there is only a nameless anger in her heart, wanting to destroy her fiercely!
Luo Jiao suddenly stretched her eyebrows, and when Ah Yin stepped into the five-cornered pavilion, she raised her lips and smiled, "Sister Yin."

This sound surprised the other girls present.There was no rattling, no bossy, but actually called "sister"?Someone rubbed their ears and eyes, and that girl Luo San, who was known for her arrogant temper, was really talking with a smile on her face!
"... Why did Sister Yin come so late? I have been waiting for you for a long time. Is it the first time for Sister Yin to come to Taoshan? I know there is a very beautiful place. I will take Sister Yin to see it." The other girls said, "You guys come too."

Ah Yin glanced at Luo Jiao quietly, and responded.

"it is good."

Unexpectedly, in response to this reply, Luo Jiao actually took her arm, and they were so affectionate, as if the two really had sisterhood.After a while, the two of them were already walking ahead, leaving a distance of more than ten steps away from the girl behind.

At this time, the others only listened to Luo Jiao's words: "If elder sister Yin told me earlier that you met Xie Lang, I would definitely intercede for elder sister in front of Mrs. Xie."

……Huh?Miss Luo San already knew the Yin family?
Only to hear Ah Yin say again: "A Yin thinks that the marriage cannot be forced, thank you for the kindness of the third girl."

Luo Jiao sighed: "At first, I still thought that you and I would serve together as a husband. Wouldn't it be a good story in Gongcheng to reunite with Meimei in the future? If my sister doesn't want to, then that's all. It's me and Xie Lang who don't have this blessing."

Everyone finally got a clue, it turned out that Miss Luo San wanted to take the opportunity to poke Yin's sore spots.After figuring this out, the girl who dared not speak began to chime in a few words, and secretly borrowed Xie Jiaxiaolang to step down Ah Yin.

Luo Jiao felt refreshed all over, and when she looked at A Yin again, the breath that hadn't been fully exhaled was stuck in her chest again.

Ah Yin still has a calm expression on his face, without any sadness, let alone the slightest embarrassment, and doesn't care at all, just like the probing Arhat in her dream, with a hint of arrogance that looks down on all sentient beings, as if laughing at her, thank you The person Jia Xiaolang likes is not her.

Luo Jiao's complexion was instantly livid.

Ah Yin didn't know that Luo Jiao had thought so much, she just didn't care.She had already let go of Xie Shaohuai, compared to the nobles in Yongping, these were just trivial matters, she didn't take it to heart at all.

Luo Jiao took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in her heart, and said: "There is a peach tree in front that blooms very well, I will take you to see it."

Even Sister Yin is not willing to shout three words.

Ah Yin didn't notice the difference, and followed Luo Jiao forward.

Sure enough, the fruit of one peach tree bloomed very early, and the other fruit trees were still green. The fruit of this peach tree has begun to turn red, like the cheeks of a cardamom girl.Luo Jiao said: "Wait a little more ripe, peaches must be very sweet. Peaches are as big as a fist, and the peach pit inside may be used for carving ornaments. The arhat you carved looks good, maybe you can try to carve a whole arhat."

Ah Yin stretched out his hand to touch the fruit, his fingers lightly slid across the peel, and he felt his fingers trembling slightly.

A kind of excitement from the bottom of my heart.

It was also because she paid too much attention to the fruit that she didn't see Luo Jiao cough quietly.There was a buzzing sound, the sword was unsheathed, and the cold light suddenly appeared, and the man in black appeared from nowhere with a murderous look, and shouted coldly: "Where is Luo Jiao?"

Most of the girls present had never seen such a battle before, they were so frightened that they kept screaming and fled in all directions.

Ah Yin's instinct was also to run away, but unexpectedly Luo Jiao held her arm tightly.

"Luo Jiao, come out, if it weren't for your Luo family, I wouldn't be a desperado today! Even if I die, I will drag you with me!" The servant of the Luo family jumped out and shouted: "Third girl, run away quickly! "

The servants blocked the people with their bare hands, but they lost to the man in black, falling down in twos and threes.

Luo Jiao seemed to have reacted, dragged A Yin and ran into the depths of the peach forest.

For a while, Luo Jiao ran out of breath.

Ah Yin said: "You can't run here, you have to escape to a place with a lot of people." Luo Jiao's original intention was to run to a place with few people, so that the man in black could attack her and make her Luo Jiao's reputation, so she didn't want Ah Yin left.

However, Luo Jiao didn't expect one thing.

After the two of them ran for so long, her limbs were already a little weak, but Ah Yin was still full of energy, and with a light tug, she dragged her towards the noisy place.Luo Jiao had no room to resist at all, and was dragged away by A Yin forcefully.

"you……"

"Shh, don't talk, save your strength, as long as you leave Taoshan, you will be safe."

Luo Jiao was so angry that she didn't have the energy to shake off Ah Yin.

Seeing that they were getting closer and closer to the girls who were running around, the man in black finally caught up.

A gleaming and cold dagger swung directly towards him.

Luo Jiao clenched her teeth and pushed Ah Yin with all her might!
Chen Dou, who had been hiding in the dark, picked up a stone and pointed it at the dagger.

Suddenly, he stopped.

He was startled.

Ah Yin, who was as thin as paper, suddenly looked like a wild leopard ready to go. Her fists were swift and powerful, and she hit the man in black directly in the heart.

The dagger flicked.

Unprepared Luo Jiao had two fingers cut off abruptly.

Blood splattered all over the place.

Luo Jiao was stunned immediately, her mind went blank.

The girls around noticed the movement here and looked over.

And at this moment, A Yin turned sideways and took off the two arms of the man in black, stomping him on the ground with lightning speed, wiping the blood from his cheek with the back of his free hand, his movements were smooth and flowing. .

Many girls were amazed, for a moment no one noticed that Luo Jiao had broken two fingers, only A Yin's heroic figure was seen.

"Okay... it's amazing!"

The tone added a bit of worship for no reason.

The Nursing Home of the Luo family at the foot of the mountain rushed over, and was startled when they saw their third girl sitting on the ground with no blood on her face, seeing the two fallen fingers crying non-stop.Ah Yin said: "He wants to kill Miss Luo San."

The other girls echoed sincerely: "Yes! Just now he jumped out suddenly and said he wanted to find Miss Luo San!"

"Yes! Yes! Yes! He also said that he would drag Miss Luo San to die together!"

"Fortunately, there was a girl from the Yin family who took the initiative, otherwise Miss Luo San might be in danger!"

Ah Yin said: "Hurry up and send it to the police, it's really arrogant to actually attack and hurt people in such a bright world!"

The man in black was startled, and said, "No, I am..."

Luo Jiao on the ground suddenly came back to her senses, she said: "No, if you don't report to the police, I will take back anyone who dares to hurt me! Someone, take him back!" Her eyes were red, and she was biting hard. Yagen, enduring the heart-wrenching pain, Fang said: "Thank you, you, come, hand, help, save."

Ah Yin waved his hand politely.

"Third Miss, you should go see a doctor quickly, it's just a trivial matter, nothing to worry about."

Luo Jiao was so angry that she passed out immediately.

On the day when Luo Jiao stepped into the spring, she invited many girls who had not left the court in Gongcheng.The girls went back and told their elders that within two days, the whole of Gongcheng knew that the eldest girl of the Yin family had saved the third girl of the Luo family, even though the third girl lost two fingers in the end, but compared to her life It can be said that the eldest daughter of the Yin family is considered a benefactor.

Luo Jiao was afraid that this matter would be publicized, so she could only smash her teeth and swallow her blood.

And after this incident, Gongcheng also knew that the eldest girl of the Yin family was extremely brave and powerful.

These eight characters, put on Lang Jun, can be called a warrior.If it's on a girl, it doesn't look like a good thing to look at from left to right.At that time, the girl who praised Ah Yin's bravery and greatness came home, and after the elders said it, she suddenly realized that it was also true. If it sounds good, it is strong, but if it is not good, it is rude and not like a girl. How can my husband dare to want such a person? .No wonder you can't get married at the age of 20.

Jiang Xuan was very angry when he heard what other people said.

A Yin held her back, telling her not to be angry.Jiang Xuan pursed her lips and said angrily, "If sister hadn't saved them, they would have been decapitated by now!"

The words "severe body and head" really made Ah Yin laugh.

Seeing what Ah Xuan said was filled with righteous indignation, she must still be resentful of Luo Jiao's actions. She cast a glance at her and said, "Don't mention this matter. I'm just guessing, not sure." She was so tired that even when her mother came to ask her something, she couldn't bear it anymore and closed her eyes before she could speak half a sentence.Qin didn't panic, the same happened when her daughter took off the thief's two arms when she was eight years old, so she asked Jiang Xuan to take good care of Ah Yin, and came to ask about it early the next morning.

Whenever Ah Yin is in a crisis, he will be extremely sleepy on the day after exerting brute force, and he can only recover after a full night's rest.

When she woke up and thought about it later, she broke out in a cold sweat belatedly.

Luo Jiao's spring trip, the location is Taoshan, if something happened to Luojiao in Taoshan, the Shangguan's family must not be able to evade it, so how did the man in black get in without knowing it?And when the man in black said he wanted to find Luo Jiao, how could Luo Jiao be so calm?How could he escape to a remote and conspicuous place?

There were so many doubts that A Yin had to guard against Luo Jiao.

She whispered: "Ah Xuan, if you meet her in the future, try to stay as far away as possible." The younger sister is different from her, she has no brute force to protect her, if the person she met at that time was Jiang Xuan, the dagger must have fallen on her younger sister .

Jiang Xuan was very worried.

A Yin comforted her, and she already had a new plan in her heart.

Suizhou.

Prefect Li negative felt bitter, he had just sent away the great Buddha Wang Xiang, and a few days later the rakshasa Mu Yanghou came again.He waited on the Marquis fearfully, fearing that he would make the nobleman unhappy, so he gave him a blood-drinking whip.

Li negative was really bitter in his heart, and when he got along with Mu Yanghou every day, he was afraid that he would cause another storm in Suizhou.

Although he is far away in Suizhou, the news in the court is also very well-informed.Wang Xiang and Mu Yanghou are not at odds, and the political opinions in the court are at odds. If there is any similarity, it must be when the sun is rising in the west and snow is falling in Baiyue.Wang Xiang came to Suizhou, and the officialdom in Suizhou was bloody. The resolute Wang Xiang raised his sword and fell, and the black hats of many officials fell off in an instant.If this Rakshasa does this again, his political achievements this year may be worrying, not to mention promotion, relegation is also very possible.

The two gods were fighting, and he absolutely didn't want to be a fish in the pond.

Fortunately, this Raksha came to Suizhou for half a month, and he traveled to Suizhou every day, eating at this restaurant and going to that restaurant, and the weather was calm.

This time Lord Raksha went to the No. [-] restaurant in Suizhou to eat again, and Li Ling accompanied him conscientiously.

Halfway through eating, someone suddenly walked in from outside. Li Neg recognized him as the black-faced gentleman who often followed Lord Raksha.Yanmo handed over a letterhead and said, "Report to Lord Hou, it's Gongcheng's letterhead."

Li Negative's ears were pointed.

Seeing Shen Changtang's fluttering eyes, fishbone choking his throat, Li Chenzhong coughed a few times, his face swelled into a pig's liver, and said tremblingly: "Xiaguan, please leave first..."

Shen Changtang nodded.

After Li negative left, he said silently, "It's from Chen Dou." Chen Dou is the person responsible for protecting the Yin family, and the letter that came at this time is probably related to the Yin family.When he came recently, he weighed it, and there were quite a lot of letterheads in it. I think Hou Ye was impatient to read it.When he was about to say that his subordinates would do the work for him, Shen Changtang took the envelope.

Tear open the envelope and take out four or five pieces of letterhead.

With a flick of his slender fingers, he read the letter seriously.

Yan Mo swallowed, thinking that Lord Hou really treats the Yin family a little differently, the degree of this care is unprecedented.Just thinking of this, Shen Changtang who was reading the letter chuckled, and Yan Mo swallowed silently.

After a quarter of an hour, Shen Changtang said, "Is the new meritorious officer in Suizhou from the Luo family?"

"If you go back to Lord Hou, it's Luo Yuan who was next to Wang Xiang last year."

"Let Li negative call Luo Yuan over."

Yanmo said: "Luo Yuan took half a month's leave. His sister will get married to the legitimate son of the county magistrate of Gongcheng in a few days, and she should be on her way back to Gongcheng now."

At this time, Yan Shen also came in, knelt down on one knee and saluted, with a clear voice: "Return to Lord Hou, this subordinate has fulfilled its mission."

"Very good." Shen Changtang put down the envelope, and said, "Leave Suizhou tomorrow."

Yan Shen asked, "I don't know where Lord Hou is going?"

"Go to Gongcheng."

(End of this chapter)